Arts Notes: Broadway veterans to headline 'Side by Side by Sondheim'

Sat, Mar 15, 2014 @ 12:49 pm
| updated Sat, Mar 15, 2014 @ 3:50 pm

Broadway veterans Pamela Myers, who appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” and “Into the Woods,” and Harvey Evans, who was in Sondheim’s “Follies” as well as Jerry Herman’s “Hello Dolly,” headline Theatre Jacksonville’s cast for the musical revue “Side by Side by Sondheim,” which will have two benefit performances on Saturday.

Performances will be at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the theater, 2032 San Marco Blvd. Tickets are $35 with $55 VIP tickets available for the 8 p.m. performance that include an invitation to a post-performance party. Tickets can be purchased at www.theatrejax.com or by calling (904) 396-4425.

First part of ‘Angels’ at Players by the Sea

Now at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N. in Jacksonville Beach, is “Millennium Approaches,” the first part of Tony Kushner’s two-part 1993 Pulitzer Prize winning play “Angels in America.”

Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday though March 29 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 23. Tickets are $23, $20 for seniors, students and military. Tickets can be purchased by going to www.playersbythesea.org or by calling (904) 249-0289.

Symphony celebrates with some classics

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will present a “Symphonic Celebration” Friday and Saturday with Michael Krajewski conducting the orchestra in such favorites as “The Ride of the Valkyries,” “William Tell Overture,” “Flight of the Bumblebees,” “Pachelbel’s Canon,” “1812 Overture” with chorus and “O Fortuna” from “Carmina Burana.”

Performances will be at 8 p.m. both days with an 11 a.m. Coffee Series concert on Friday that does not include the chorus. Tickets range from $16 to $26 for the Coffee concert and from $25 to $72 for the evening performances.

Also, as part of the EverBank Family Series, the orchestra will perform “Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage,” which is designed to introduce young people to the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at 3 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $7 with reserved seats ranging from $18 to $24 for adults and $15 to $18 for children.

Both “Symphonic Celebrations” and “Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage” will be performed in the Jacoby Symphony Hall in The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, 300 Water St. To purchase tickets to either concert, go to www.JaxSymphony.org or call (904) 354-5547.

Also on Sunday, the symphony launches a food drive to benefit Downtown Ecumenical Services Council, an emergency services agency. Non-perishable food donations can be dropped off at the symphony box office in The Times-Union Center between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or before the nine concerts scheduled through April 28.

Navy’s Dixieland Band to perform in Clay

The Navy Band Southeast’s Dixieland Band will perform at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Clay County Main Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island. The concert is free.

‘Beatlemania’ to be offered at Alhambra

“Beatlemania Again!,” a musical show depicting the musical evolution of the Fab Five, will be at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., for five performances beginning Thursday.

Shows will be at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, with a 1:15 p.m. matinee Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday. Tickets, which include a meal served before the show, are $59 for all performances. They can be purchased at www.alhambrajax.com or by calling (904) 641-1212.

‘Sing-A-Long’ on tap with the von Trapps

“Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music,” will take place at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The event, a fundraiser for the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus, involves a screening of the beloved 1965 Julie Andrews movie, with subtitles so audience members can sing along. Audience members are also encouraged to come in costume with awards going to the best. There is an intermission during which food will be available. The event lasts about 3½ hours.

Friday’s performance will take place in the Performing Arts Center at St. Johns Country Day School, 3100 Doctors Lake Drive, Orange Park. Saturday’s performance will be in the Munnerlyn Auditorium at Episcopal School of Jacksonville, 4455 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $20, $30 for reserved seating. They can be purchased at www.jaxchildrenschorus.org. They will also be available at the door.

Pianists at Penney Memorial Church

The piano duo George and Ludene Krem will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at the Penney Memorial Church, 4465 Poling Blvd., Penney Farms. The concert is free to the public.

‘Fermentation’ at CoRK’s West Gallery

There will be an opening reception from 6-9 p.m. Saturday for John Chae’s solo exhibit, “Fermentation,” at CoRK Art District’s West Gallery, 2689 Roselle St.

The reception, which is open to the public, will also be a release party for the first issue of “Wild Application,” artists Jim Draper and Staci Bu Shea’s planned biannual publication about art, culture and ideas.

The first printed issue will look at knees and the ideas associated with them. Images and text provided by 14 artists and one studio are included.

EMMA presenting a ‘Mendelssohn Concert’

The EMMA Concert Association will present a “Mendelssohn Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium, 14 Grenada St., St. Augustine. Performing will be the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $35, $5 for students with student ID. To purchase tickets go to www.emmaconcerts.com or call (904) 797-2800.

Music faculty concert set for Main Library

Faculty members from the First Coast Community Music School will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 23, in the Hicks Auditorium of Jacksonville’s Main Library, 303 N. Laura St. The concert is free to the public.

Art Ventures grants open to artists

The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida is now taking applications by individual artists for funding through the Art Ventures fund. Visual and performing artists in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties are eligible to apply for grants of up to $3,500 to help advance their work. Applications, guidelines and a list of learning session to be held in early April can be found at www.jaxcf.org/apply under the Arts heading.

Whistle Talk at Beaches Museum

Coastal engineer Kevin Bodge will give the Beaches Museum & History Park’s March Whistle Talk from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday. Bodge will talk about beach history and the restoration of Jacksonville Beach. The Beaches Museum is located at 381 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Beach.

Orange Park violin students honored

Jessye Thacker of Orange Park, a senior at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, has been selected as a member of the American String Teachers Association’s National High School Honors Orchestra. The principal violinist of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, she was one of three Florida high school students who performed Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor during the American String Teachers Association convention earlier this month.